Welcome to Jigsaw

...the mindful approach to PSHE

Jigsaw PSHE brings together Personal, Social, Health and Economic education, emotional literacy, social skills and spiritual development in a lesson-a-week programme.

Designed as a whole school approach, Jigsaw provides a comprehensive scheme of learning for Foundation Stage to Year 6. It makes teachers’ lives easier by providing well-structured, progressive lesson plans with all the teaching resources included (except story books).

Jigsaw holds children at its heart and its cohesive vision helps children understand and value who they are and how they fit and contribute to the world.

What people say

If you'd like to see more about Jigsaw in greater detail - take a

The Jigsaw Puzzles

Jigsaw is structured into 6 half-termly Puzzles (units) with the whole school studying the same Puzzle at the same time.
The Puzzles are sequential and developmental from September to July.

Being
Me...

Celebrating
Difference

Dreams
& Goals

Healthy
Me

Relation-
ships

Changing
Me

Click on a Jigsaw Friend above to see a sample Puzzle Map

What's in the set?

Choose the Whole School Set or select individual year group sets. Either way you get a beautifully printed, colour folder (per year group) with all the required lesson plans and teacher resources. You also get the Teaching Materials CDROM and our original songs on a music CD, not forgetting a Jigsaw ‘Friend’ and a classroom chime for each year group set purchased.

You also have access to the additional resources page on this website where you can download more PDF, MP3 and Movie resources, plus share tips with other Jigsaw schools. You’ll also receive our regular newsletters.

“This is a really comprehensive resource. It links emotional literacy, social skills and spiritual development alongside an integrated mindfulness approach in order to support pupils’ learning in PSHE.

Members will especially appreciate:

planning has already been done for them and links well with SEAL themes and plans

the comprehensive nature of the resources will save a great deal of preparation time

the attainment descriptors provide a benchmark for teachers to evidence pupil progress as well as continuity and progression across the PSHE curriculum,

how the resource sits well within a creative curriculum, especially for schools using Philosophy for Children communities of enquiry or following a growth mind set approach to enrich pupils’ learning.”

What Professionals say...

<- drag testimonials to scroll ->

Staff and children at Killinghall Primary School have thoroughly enjoyed working through the Jigsaw PSHE, we love our themed songs. It is enabling children to think critically and share their thoughts and feelings in a secure environment.

HeadteacherKillinghall Primary School - Bradford

The collaborative and holistic approach taken by the Jigsaw team, along with their expertise and enthusiasm, have made a very positive contribution to us developing our PSHE offer beyond traditional schools-based delivery.

We all love Jigsaw at our school. It has transformed our PSHE provision. It is very easy to follow and brilliantly thought-out. My kids absolutely love Jigsaw Jenie and respond really well to seeing him in various role-play scenarios! I'm sure many other schools must love Jigsaw as much as mine. Well done on making such a fab resource!

Sarah - PSHE Subject LeaderBristol Primary School

Jigsaw has given me the outstanding moments that I went into teaching for!
It is brilliant.

Emily - TeacherHertfordshire Primary School

I changed our timetable this term and was talking it through with the children. They cheered and whooped with delight when I said that we were still going to be having Jigsaw time but now on an afternoon and that we're going to be doing Jigsaw Time across the whole school soon.

PSHE Subject LeaderWiltshire

The inset was so amazing, everyone was so excited and inspired by Jan. We are so excited to deliver Jigsaw to our pupils as we know it is going to have a huge impact. Thanks again.

PSHE LeadE-ACT Academy - South Bristol

I would just like to say how much we have enjoyed teaching the Jigsaw programme over the last year and the feedback from the children has been extremely positive. The support that I received at the meetings over the year has been brilliant and I'm sure that many more schools will be keen to come on board.

TeacherSwindon Primary School

In knowing that schools elsewhere are embedding Jigsaw into practice and enabling children to celebrate their unique identities, I feel proud and grateful to be a part of something so special.

Deputy HeadPre School

It really is such a pleasure to use the Jigsaw scheme and to know that you are always on the end of a computer to help out in times of need! You are a brilliant team. I'm very grateful.

Sheila - PSHE Subject LeaderDorset Primary School

I thoroughly enjoyed this afternoon's training and was sad to leave early. It is so comforting to know that there are people out there still doing a fantastic job with as far as I'm concerned the right ethics, support and passion.

What Children say...

People are kinder to others in the playground: lots of people with friends, people help them out. You can now go and find a friend and tell them what's the problem.

ImogenYear 3

Jigsaw has made us more visible, we used to not want to talk about things, we were a bit scared to talk, but now we have learned more about it we know more and it's OK to talk about it with our class, we have seen it together.

JasmineYear 6

Jigsaw is AWESOME! It's more fun than street dance.

JoshYear 5

We would miss it (Jigsaw) if it wasn't taught anymore.

VijayYear 2

It has helped me become confident. If someone is bullying you they will listen to their teachers in the PSHE lesson, take the right steps and make the right choice

Bradford PupilYear 3

Education, in the true sense, is the understanding of oneself, for it is within each one of us that the whole of existence is gathered.

Krishnamurti

How much is Jigsaw?

Jigsaw is supplied either in Single Year Group set(s) or as a Whole School Set